The Mad Dance
Dance with your demons and your angels,
Join them in that merry mad glee
Dance along that knife's edge
Between genius and insanity.
For upon that high up edge
Between the angel and the ape
The view's as clear as crystal
And the world is yours to take
But ‘ware the knife's steel
For its edge is hungry and sharp
A misstep and a slip
And your blood will feed the dark
For what is life but risk
And a dare to the dark
Shouted, whispered, from above,
A revolt, a rebellion, a lark
Death's the only certainty
In this bloody sketch
And one's not judged by length
But by the grace in the steps
So dance with your demons and your angels,
Join them in that merry mad glee
Dance along that knife's edge
Between genius and insanity.
For upon that high up edge
Between the angel and the ape
The view's as clear as crystal
And the world is yours to take
